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oil paint

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oil paint, colour
paint made of pigment ground in oil, usually linseed oil, used for oil painting

oil paint [′ȯil ‚pānt]
(materials)
A paint made with a vegetable oil as the filmogen.


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Years of neglect and improper care resulted in the discoloration of the oil paint and metallic leafing used to compose the mural.
She wanted the background to appear burnished, so she tacked a piece of canvas to her studio wall, brushed on a wash of oil paint, balled up a wet rag and began to rub the paint around.
Individual owls are rendered in thick, glossy oil paint that, while seductive, acknowledges a certain conceptual fissure.
 
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